Putin formally annexes Crimea as Ukraine, Europe sign deal

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Ukrainian border guards run to take their positions during training at a military camp in the village of Alekseyevka on the Ukrainian-Russian border, eastern Ukraine, Friday, March 21, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a resolution approved by parliament to annex Crimea. Putin also says there is no need for further Russian action against the West beyond some individual sanctions announced yesterday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)